HEARING the door knock Charisse James, rolled over in bed and was stunned to see the time. It was hours after 11pm and her son Shea Gordon never missed his curf...
SURROUNDED by sweeping country fields and barely an hour’s travel from the capital, this suburb of south London appears to have plenty going for it. Why, then,...
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FIGHTING back tears, brave Gemma Aitchison sat through the harrowing recount of her sister’s murder in court – until one shocking detail left her reeling. It wa...
KNOWN as Dubai’s Alcatraz, inmates housed in Al Awir Central Prison can expect lice-ridden, overcrowded jail cells and, if former British prisoners are to be be...
WHEN eight-year-old Jamie Lavis disappeared on a Bank Holiday Monday in 1997, bus driver Darren Vickers came forward to help in the search. He told Jamie’s dist...
IT was a peaceful night in January this year for mum-of-six Julie Buckler who was in bed drifting off to sleep beside husband Matthew. But suddenly a blood-curd...
PACKING her bags for an exotic holiday with her family, 13-year-old Mia Sosseh was brimming with excitement. But the dream trip to Gambia was the start of a thr...
WAKING on a sofa, her necklace broken and realising she was half-naked, Jade McCrossen-Nethercott felt horrifically like she had been raped as she slept. It’s e...
AS RENAE Wasik sips the final drops from her glass of wine and puts the fork on her plate, a smile spreads across her face when the waiter approaches with the b...
“EVEN though people haven’t directly said ‘I told you so’ or called me stupid, I feel judged, nonetheless – my kindness was used against me.” Those are the hear...
ANSWERING the phone at 2am mum Myfanwy Webb’s heart broke. Because it was an emergency doctor, and he uttered the phrase no parent ever wants to hear: “I’m so...